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Written question asked by Julian Lewis (Conservative) on Monday, 11 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 December 2017 (named day). It was answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative) on Thursday, 14 December 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Armed Forces: Training

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2017 to Question 110567, on Armed Forces: Training, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Defence of 28 November 2017, House of Lords Official Report, column 663, whether his Department's plans for the units and personnel listed to conduct cold weather training in Norway have changed since 7 November 2017.

Answer

The following exercises will not take place in Financial Year 2017-18:

Exercise Black Horse;

Exercise Curry Trail;

Exercise Orange Marauder;

Exercise Steel Sabre;

Exercise Southwest Sword;

Commando Strike;

Royal Marines Reserve Exercises Commando Phoenix and Hare Spring (Norway).

As planning has matured, there have been some changes to the number of Royal Marines personnel planned to deploy to Norway since question 110567 was answered on 7 November 2017. The current plans are as follows:

Unit

Personnel numbers

45 Commando Royal Marines

110

Commando Logistics Regiment Royal Marines

100

30 Commando IX Group Royal Marines

10

Queen’s Dragoon Guards, 1 Royal Irish, Queen's Royal Hussars

35

Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Brigade, 19 Regiment Royal Artillery, 1 YORKS, Light Dragoons

10

Total

265

Since question 110568 was answered on 7 November 2017, an additional Royal Marines Company, comprising approximately 100 personnel, is now planned to participate in Exercise Trident Juncture 2018.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
118613
Session
2017-19
Related items
Armed Forces: Training
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Written questions
House of Commons
Royal Marines
Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Proceeding contributions
House of Lords
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Armed forces Norway Weather Training
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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